eng Science and Education Publishing Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences 2328-3920 2015-11-28 3 5 136 139 10.12691/aees-3-5-2 AEES2015352 article Nayan Kumar Prasad nayankumar.prasad@gmail.com 1 Tribhuvan University, Nepal The present paper deals with the effect of starvation on ascorbic acid contents of brain and hepatic tissues in both the sexes of Clarias batrachus. The level of ascorbic acid content was found relatively higher in males than in females. The brain showed higher value of ascorbic acid in normal condition (43.24mg/100gm in male and 40.65mg/100gm in female) in comparison to the liver (17.59mg/100gm in male and 13.32mg/100gm in female). During prolonged food deprivation, the gradual decrease in ascorbic acid level has been noticed in both the types of tissues which can be related to enhanced gluconeogenesis. The higher depletion has been observed in liver (73% in male & 78% in female) and lower depletion in the brain (57% in male &48% in female) after 40 days of starvation. http://pubs.sciepub.com/aees/3/5/2/aees-3-5-2.pdf ascorbic acid brain Clarias batrachus liver starvation